Signal device



C. W. RIEDEL. SIGNAL DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 4, 1915.

Patented Aug. 22, 1916.

WITN ESSES:

CARL W. RIEDEL, 0F SAGINAW, MICHIGAN.

SIGNAL Duv'rcn.

T o all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I', CARL W. RIEDEL, .a citizen of the United States,residing at Saginaw, in the county offSaginaw and State of Michigan,have invented @certain new and useful Improvements in Signal Devices;and I do hereby declare the fpllowing to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such vas will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to signal devices andl pertains more particularlyto signals adapted to be used on automobiles and similar vehicles toindicate to drivers of vehicles at the rear and also ahead that thesignaling vehicle intends to turn. Y

The invention pertains more especially .to a combined side or rear viewmirror and a signaling lamp, whereby the objects of the invention areattained.

Theinvention consists in the devices described and claimed and ltheequivalents thereof. e

In the drawings forming a part of thek specification, Figure 1 is a viewin elevation lbracket 1 secured to the frame of the vehicleandprojecting, say, to the left of the drivers seat. Upon the bracket ismounted a rear view mirror 2 in any suitable or ,con-

venient manner. The 'frame 3 of the mirror carries two reliecting ormirror surfaces, one of which, the mirror 2 above referred to, presentsto the driver a4 view of the road behind him, and the other surface 4faces forward.v The two mirrors 2 and 4 mounted in the frame'3, arepreferably arranged with their backs spaced apart, and if desired, asuitable layer of packing or other material 5 is placed between them. l

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 22, 1916.

Application led September 4, 1915. Serial No. 48,963.

Each of themirrors 2 and 4 is preferably perforated near its middle andin the hole so formed is mounted a small lamp.' One of the lamps, as 6,projects from the mirror 2 toward the rear of the vehicle and the otherlamp 7 projects forward. 'Ihese lamps are preferably small electriclamps having their feed 4wires 8 passing through the space between themirrors 2'and 4, suiiicient of the packing 5 being removed to receivethe wires 8 and these wires then pass into the vehicle, preferablythrough the hollow mirror bracket 1, to any suitable source of current,as a battery, in the circuit of which is located a suitable push button,not shown. The push button may be conveniently located near the -drivershand on the steering wheel of the vehicle. Closing the circuit willcause both of the lamps 6 y i v flash so that it will attract theattention of the drivers ofi vehicles at the rear of, or ahead of thesignaling vehicle.

In practice I prefer toprovide the lamps 6 and 7 with red or othersuitably colored glass to produce a distinctive flash that will readilyattract attention.

The'usefulness of the device will be apparent from inspection of Fig. 4,where 9 is the signaling vehicle, .10, a vehicle at the rear and '11 avehicle approaching from the opposite direction. If the driver ofvehicle' 9 wishes to turn the corner to the left he presses his signalbutton and lamp 6 flashes a signalto the Vdriver of vehicle 10, and a'lamp 7 flashes a signal to the driver of vehicle 11, warning themthatthe signaling vehicle 9 intends to turn to the left.

WhileI have shown and described a specic construction and arrangement ofthe two mirrors and a specific arrangement of the vmounting of the twolamps 6 and 7 I do not desire to confine myself to this specie detail,as numerous modifications in the structure and arrangement of the partsmay be made without departing from the spirit of my invention. Havingthus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is:

A signaling device for vehicles comprising a pair of plane mirrorsarranged back to back and spaced apart, an opening through each mirror,a lamp having a socket removably received in each opening',l electricconduits to each lamp, Said conduits received between said mirrorfs'-vand communicating with a` source of current. Y

In testimony Whereo ax my signature in presence of two witnesses. CARLW. RIEDEL. Witnesses:

GEO. B. WILLooX, NELLE M. ANGUS.

